The issue focused on an issue of national security, and in the lead-up to the campaign, and in the lead-up to the general election, and in the lead-up to the national election, and in the lead-up to the national election, and in the lead-up to the national election, and in the lead-up to the national election, and in the lead-up to the national election, and in the lead-up to the national election, and in the lead-up